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Re: install package from source



On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 10:04:50AM -0100, Aleksandar B. Samardzic wrote:
> I'd like to install Sendmail on my 2.2.r2 system from source from 
> sendmail.org. However, I don't know how to uninstall exim, because Debian 
> is complaining that MTA must exist on system. So my question is: what to do
> if I'm accustomed to install latest versions of programs from their original 
> source? Is this possible at all with Debian or we have to wait that 
> corresponding package maintainer prepare new version for us?

The package 'equivs' can help with this; it builds and empty package that
provides a particular dependency and can keep the packaging system happy.

-- 
Harry Henry Gebel
West Dover Hundred, Delaware

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